scholarly journals EFFICIENCY OF GROWING ENERGY CROPS AND THEIR PROCESSING INTO BIOFUELS IN THE CONTEXT OF ENSURING ENERGY AUTONOMY OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Author(s):  
Grygorii KALETNIK ◽  
Dina TOKARCHUK

The article substantiates that the lack of a single interpretation of the concept of «energy crops» leads to difficulties in approaches to state incentives for the development of their production. It is determined that domestic scientists understand energy crops as a rule, as crops, grown for the use exclusively for energy purposes (willow, poplar, miscanthus, switchgrass, etc.). The classification of bioenergy crops by such features as: growing cycle, type, characteristics and the final product obtained, origin is considered. It has been proved that growing of energy crops will have a positive effect for the economy (improving the state balance of payments, reducing energy costs, economic growth) and the environment (decarbonization, reducing emissions, land reclamation, etc.). The characteristics of energy crops in relation to growing conditions are given and a review of plant varieties for bioenergy use from the State Register of plant varieties suitable for distribution in Ukraine in 2021 is made. The peculiarities of the technology of growing giant miscanthus, energy willow and poplar are considered; economic calculations of efficiency of cultivation of miscanthus on one hectare are resulted. The experience in growing energy crops by the Yaltushkivka Research and Breeding Station, where miscanthus and energy willow plantations were laid in 2017 and the crops are used for self-sufficiency in energy resources, is analyzed. Options for growing and further use of energy crops as fuel, including the sale of energy crops and biofuels based on them, as well as use for energy autonomy (direct combustion or production of pellets / briquettes with their further use within the enterprise) is considered. The choice of the most economically viable option depends on the specific conditions of the agricultural enterprises.

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1134
Author(s):  
Yarmila S. TKAL ◽  
Yulia V. ABRAHAM ◽  
Viktoriia V. TKACHENKO ◽  
Larysa I. POLIATYKINA

The article is dedicated to the study of the need to intensify the state influences upon the efficiency of land resources usage. The technology of the rational land resources usage is advanced by way of reducing straw as organic fertilizer under direct contribution in the ground that provides spare facilities, raises the level to the efficiency of production, influences upon increasing of the fertility of the ground. Offences such as unauthorized seizure and misuse of land, removal of a fertile layer without permission, pollution of land, non-implementation of land reclamation cause significant damage to the state and owners of land, which leads to irreversible loss of land, quality and fertility. A methodical approach to assessing the improvement of information and analytical support for agricultural development is to create an effective system of formation, processing and transmission of analytical data of the accounting for the timely adoption of effective decisions at all levels of the agricultural sector. The result of this improved method of assessing include the issue of land conservation and rational use for the purpose of sustainable domestic land use. That is what caused the selection of research topics, defined goals, objectives and building its structure and trends.


Author(s):  
V. A. Mazur ◽  
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I. М. Didur ◽  
О. P. Tkachuk ◽  
Н. V. Pantsyrevа ◽  
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Actuality of theme. Insignificant sown area and low yield of common bean seeds do not meet consumer needs for its products in Ukraine. One of the important factors in increasing the sown area and increasing the yield of beans is the correct selection of its varieties, taking into account their agri-environmental resistance to diseases, pests, drought and potential productivity. Goal. Therefore, the aim of our research was to analyze the available range of beans in terms of productivity and resistance to adverse environmental factors. Methods. Studies on the assessment of agroecological resistance of common bean varieties to adverse growing conditions were conducted on the basis of the State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine for 2021, Official Descriptions of Plant Varieties and Economic Suitability Indicators submitted in the Official Bulletins, covered in the Information-reference system "Variety", as well as on the materials of scientific research Bezugla O.M., Ovcharuk O.V., Mazur O.V., Palamarchuk V.D., Klisha A.I., Kulinich O.O., Korzh Z.V., Olifirovich S.E., where the indicators of productivity of varieties of common beans are presented. Materials were analyzed by varieties of common beans (grain) and common beans (vegetables). The resistance of bean varieties to pests, diseases and drought was considered as unfavorable growing conditions. The relative resistance of plant varieties to adverse factors is established on a nine-point scale (1 – 9 points), in which 9 points corresponds to the highest resistance, and 1 point – the lowest resistance. Potential yield levels of seeds of grain beans and green beans of vegetable beans were also analyzed. We compared the studied indicators using mathematical-statistical correlation-regression analysis. Results. Common beans (grain) in the State Register of Plant Varieties Ukraine for 2021 is represented by 30 varieties. According to the level of potential seed yield, according to the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine, among the varieties of grain beans predominate Eureka, Igolomskaya – 3.0 t/ha, Ros, Mavka – 2.80 t/ha, Yasochka – 2.78 t/ha, Nata – 2.75 t/ha, Shchedra, Assol, Slavia, Wawel – 2.70 t/ha each. The lowest declared seed yield of grain varieties Fresano, Pervomaiskaya, Dokuchaevskaya – 1.50 t/ha, Gaidarskaya, Dvadesyatitsa – 1.70 t/ha. The relative resistance of most varieties of common beans to the disease complex is determined by a score of 7 on a nine-point scale. Only the Gothic variety had the highest resistance to a complex of diseases – 9 points, the Otrada variety had a resistance score of 6, Dokuchaevskaya – 5, Pervomaiskaya – 4 points. Information on the resistance of grain varieties to pests in the State Register of Varieties is only partially written out. According to this document, the varieties Gaidarska, Gothic, Onyx, Perlina, Mavka and Nadiya have a resistance score of 7. There is no information on the resistance to pests of other varieties of grain beans in the document. The highest drought resistance, according to the State Register of varieties, has beans of the Wawel variety – 9 points, Igolomskaya, Zagadka, Dvadesyatitsa – 8 points each. The least drought-resistant varieties are Pervomaisk – 4 points, Veselka, Yarynka, Dokuchaevska – 5 points each. Most varieties of grain beans are characterized by an average score of drought resistance – 7. The State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine for 2021 presents 34 varieties of vegetable beans. The highest potential seed yield, according to the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine, are varieties of vegetable beans Gina, Festival – 2.20 t/ha, Konza – 2.10 t/ha and Dolphin – 2.00 t/ha. The lowest seed yield is typical for Croquet varieties – 0.65 t/ha and Pike – 0.70 t/ha. Similar to grain beans, most varieties of vegetable beans have a disease resistance score of 7. Only the Nagano variety has a score of 8, Olga – 6, Festival, Faiza, Festin – 5 points each. Increased resistance to pests are varieties of beans vegetable Festival and Faiza, with a score of 8. For other varieties, information on their resistance to pests is missing. Vegetable varieties of vegetables Dolphin, Nagano, Shahinya, Croquet and Festin have the highest drought resistance – 8 points each. The least drought-resistant are Teroma – 5 points and Faiza – 6 points. Comparison of the potential seed yield of grain and vegetable varieties revealed an excess of the average yield of grain varieties by 37.2% compared to vegetables. Disease resistance in grain and vegetable beans is the same – 6.8 points each, and resistance to pests in vegetable beans is 12.5% higher than in grain beans. Drought resistance of vegetable varieties is 6.9% higher than grain beans. Conclusions. Among the varieties of grain beans according to the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine for 2021 the highest potential seed yields are: Eureka, Igolomskaya, Ros, Mavka, Yasochka, Nata, Shchedra, Assol, Slavia, Wawel. The most drought-resistant varieties are Wawel, Igolom, Zagadka; to diseases - Gothic. Among the varieties of vegetable beans, the highest potential seed yields are: Gina, Festival, Konza and Delfina; green beans – Festival, Faiza and Festin. Nagano was the most resistant to diseases; to the influence of pests - Festival and Faiza; The most drought-resistant, according to the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine for 2021, are the varieties Dolphin, Nagano, Shahinya, Croquet and Festin.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-432
Author(s):  
A. V. Ryndin ◽  
R. V. Kulyan ◽  
N. A. Slepchenko

This paper presents the results on the breeding work carried out by the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Currently, the Centre’s breeders are doing a lot of work aimed at breeding new fine yielding cultivars of subtropical and flower crops that will be resistant to growing conditions; they include kaki persimmon, feijoa, mandarin, freesia, crown anemone, pelargonium and chrysanthemum. The sources of high-level priority traits in flower crops that are valuable for further breeding in order to improve decorative (colour, flower shape, inflorescence), economic and biological traits (flowering period, a large number of flowers in the inflorescence, storage period of cut flowers, disease resistance, high reproduction coefficient) were recorded. The aim of the research is to improve the subtropical and flower crops assortment. The objects of the research were 989 hybrid forms: 136 citrus crops, 56 persimmon, 36 feijoa, 38 tea plant, 11 pear, 24 hazel, 108 freesia, 398 crown anemone, 120 pelargonium and 62 chrysanthemum hybrids. New cultivars with a complex of valuable traits have been created as a result of the scientific work. Over the past five years, FRC SSC of RAS has created 50 new cultivars: 26 pelargonium, 15 anemone, 5 freesia, 2 chrysanthemum, 1 persimmon and 1 apple and submitted them to the State Cultivar Commission. The “State Register of Selection Achievements Authorized for Use for Production Purposes” has included 63 cultivars developed by FRC SSC RAS, including 26 pelargonium, 13 anemone, 9 chrysanthemum, 7 freesia, 4 hazel, 3 feijoa and 1 tea plant cultivars. 46 patents for breeding achievements have been obtained.


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grygorii Kaletnik ◽  
Olena Prutska ◽  
Natalia Pryshliak

Abstract Recently the biofuel production has significantly increased all over the world. In Ukraine this trend is increasing under the influence of such factors as the need to overcome the energy shortage, reduce dependence on oil imports and availability of powerful natural resource potential. The aim of the article is assessment of the resource potential of bioethanol and biodiesel production in Ukraine both for domestic needs and for export. Data from the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on production and exports volumes of major bioenergy crops is analyzed and the potential volume of biofuels production in Ukraine is calculated for achievement the research objectives. The importance of shift from exportoriented agriculture to energy crops production for their processing into biofuels within the country is described


Author(s):  
O. V. Levakova ◽  
L. M. Eroshenko ◽  
A. N. Eroshenko

According to the results of competitive variety trials for 2009-2014 G. G. for yield and evaluation of biological and agronomic indicators of the selected line 11/1-05h 37(Annabel x Elf), which in 2015 was transferred to the State variety trial and included in the state register under the name Reliable. The article presents varietal description and brief characteristics of varieties on yield and quality. The most important biological feature of the variety is the high adaptability and adaptability to different growing conditions. In 2017 the results of two years testing the variety is zoned in the Central (3) and Volga-Vyatka (4) regions. Grade Reliable (Patent No. 8940 from 28.02.2017) two-rowed barley varieties nutans. With high technological grain quality parameters of the variety in the different conditions have been provided huge yield increment – 3351.03 pounds per hectare and in 2013 in Moscow Agricultural Research Institute – 7980.734 pounds per hectare.


Author(s):  
T.M. Seredin ◽  
A.F. Agafonov ◽  
V.V. Shumilina ◽  
E.V. Baranova ◽  
A.V. Soldatenko

Представлены результаты работы лаборатории селекции и семеноводства луковых культур ФГБНУ Федеральный научный центр овощеводства по культуре чеснока озимого. Выделен и создан зимостойкий, лежкий, устойчивый к болезням и вредителям сорт чеснока озимого. В 2017 году под 78 передан на испытания в Госсорткомиссию, в 2019 году внесен в Госреестр РФ как сорт Людмила. Работа по созданию сорта чеснока озимого Людмила была начата в 2014 году. Был заложен коллекционный питомник (100 образцов из различных экологогеографических зон). В 2017 году был выделен перспективный образец под 78, с высокой зимостойкостью, способностью к длительному хранению, устойчивостью к болезням и вредителям. Цель исследований: выделение из коллекционного питомника чеснока озимого наиболее урожайных, зимостойких, устойчивых к болезням и вредителям сортообразцов, адаптированных к условиям выращивания. Зубки высаживали в первой декаде октября, на грядах (трехстрочная схема) 3035 растений/м2, с нормой высадки 900 кг/га. За стандарт в исследованиях был взят районирований сорт чеснока озимого Одинцовский Юбилейный. Листья чеснока озимого сорта Людмила расположены на растении со средней плотностью, длинные, средней ширины, слабо вогнутые, со средней степенью выраженности воскового налета. Стрелка длинная, без изгиба. Луковица крупная, округлоплоская. Продолжительность вегетационного периода растений составляет 98 суток, общая урожайность за три года 21,1 т/га, товарная 20,5 т/га. Средняя масса товарной луковицы 72 г. Число зубков 57 шт., масса одного зубка 12 г. Зимостойкость 97. Вкус острый. Новый сорт чеснока озимого Людмила относится к рано отрастающим, среднеспелым формам, пригодным к механизированной уборке. Общая урожайность у нового сорта в среднем на 7 больше чем у стандартного сорта Одинцовский Юбилейный, также и товарная на 6 выше, чем у последнего.The results of the work of the laboratory of breeding and seed production of onion crops of the Federal State Scientific Institution of the Federal Scientific Centre of Vegetable Growing on winter garlic are presented. Winterhardy, wintergarlic variety, resistant to diseases and pest is selected and bred. In 2017, under No. 78, it was given for testing to the State Commission on Cultivars in 2019, it was introduced to the State Register of the Russian Federation as a Lyudmila variety. The breeding of winter garlic cultivar Lyudmila was started in 2014. A collection nursery was laid (100 samples from various ecologicalgeographical zones). In 2017, the prospective model No. 78 was allocated, with high winter hardiness, longterm storage, resistance to diseases and pests. The purpose of the research: the selection from the winter collection of garlic nursery most productive, winterhardy, resistant to diseases and pests varietal samples adapted to growing conditions. Garlic gloves were planted in the first decade of October, on the ridges (three line) 3035 plants / m2, with a planting rate of 900 kg/ha. The standard was taken zoned winter garlic variety Odintsovsky Yubileiny. Leaves of the new cultivar are located on a plant with an average density, long, medium width, slightly concave, with an average degree of expression of a wax bloom. The spear is long, without bending. Bulb large, rounded flat. The length of the growing season is 98 days, the total yield for three years is 21.1 t/ha, and the commodity yield is 20.5 t/ha. The average mass of the commodity bulb is 72 g. The number of the cloves is 57, the mass of one clove is 12 g. Winter hardiness is 97. The taste is spicy. The new cultivar of winter garlic Lyudmila refers to the early growing, midseason forms suitable for mechanized harvesting. The overall yield of the new variety is on average 7 higher than that of the standard variety Odintsovsky Yubileiny, and the product is also 6 higher than the latter.


Author(s):  
Maksym Kulyk ◽  
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Dmytro Dʼomin ◽  
Іlona Rozhkо ◽  
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The purpose of the paper is to determine the impact of the species of energy crops on biomass yields and the possibility of their involvement in the reclamation of contaminated areas. This is especially important from the point of view of the rational use of land for energy crops cultivation. Methodology. The research object is the processes of growth and development of plants, the peculiarities of the yield formation of energy crops biomass depending on the species traits and growing conditions. The research subject is the following energy crops: Big Bluestem, Indiangrass and Columbus Grass as well as the plant biometric indicators, biomass yield and energy efficiency of biomass production of energy crops (2016-2020). The results of research showed the variability of biometric parameters of energy crops. Over the research years, the dry biomass yield of Indiangrass was 8.9 t/ha in the first year, 10.1 t/ha in the second year and 14.9 t/ha in the third year, Big Bluestem – varied within 4.4–9.3 t/ha. Columbus Grass dry biomass increased from 11.4 t/ha (1st year) to 14.9 t/ha (2nd year) to 18.0 t/ha (3rd year). The developed model for the creation of artificial phytocenoses will allow land reclamation using energy crops based on agroecological monitoring and justification when growing energy crops. Perennial cultivation of Columbus Grass and Indiangrass provided the highest coefficient of energy efficiency (at a level or more than 3.0), which is typical for average efficiency of biomass production. Therefore, Indiangrass and Columbus Grass are recommended to be grown in order to reclaim marginal lands and obtain sustainable plant raw materials. Big Bluestem is recommended to be grown only as a companion crop of stand of grass. Furthermore, energy crops must be cultivated on the basis of ecological and adaptive technology elements, taking into account the defined territorial conditions. For the conditions of Ukraine, this complex will make it possible to reduce the negative impact on the environment as well as to obtain the stable yields of various biomass for its further processing and energy conversion.


2020 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
S. V. Malueva ◽  
I. N. Bocherova

Relevance. A priority in the selection of watermelon is the creation of new competitive varieties that combine resistance to adverse stressors, high yield and excellent fruit quality. The purpose of this study is to show the influence of weather conditions on the growing season, yield and quality of watermelon fruits and the influence of growing conditions on the growth and development of watermelon plants.Materials and methods. The study used 5 varieties of watermelon included in the State Register and 2 new varieties, ready for transfer to the State Variety Test. During the research, all observations and counts were carried out in accordance with the State Variety Testing Methodology and the Field Experience Methodology.Results. In the process of research, it was found that the length of the growing season largely depends on the amount of precipitation and the sum of active temperatures, as well as on their distribution in interphase periods. It was noted that in the year with the highest rainfall, the growing season was the longest. Productivity for the analyzed period varies from 14.2 t / ha to 20.7 t / ha in the early group, from 19.4 t / ha to 24.9 t / ha in the average. The highest yields were recorded in 2017 with the least rainfall. Growing conditions had a significant impact on the quality of watermelon fruit: the solids content ranged from 9.4% to 12.8%, total sugar - from 7.70% to 11.35%.


Author(s):  
Galina Stepanova

The article describes the main morphological and biological features of alfalfa varieties included in the State register of breeding achievements approved for use in the Central Chernozem zone of Russia. A total of 32 alfalfa varieties are included in the State register. This is 9 varieties of blue alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. subsp. Sativa) of domestic selection and 8 foreign, 11 varieties of variable alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.) domestic selection and 1 variety of foreign and 3 varieties of yellow alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.). It shows the average and maximum yield of varieties determined in the process of state variety testing, as well as independent evaluation in research institutions in the region. Varieties of blue alfalfa of domestic selection Kevsala, Elena, Satellite, Vavilovskaya Yubileynaya were the most productive. The average yield of dry matter of these varieties reaches 8.4–9.2 t/ha, the maximum — 15.3–17.7 t/ha. Alfalfa varieties Timbale and Galaxy were the most productive among foreign varieties: the average yield of dry matter was 8.1 and 8.3 t/ha, the maximum – 15.5 and 17.2 t/ha. Varieties of alfalfa variable Vitalina and Vela provided an average yield of dry matter of 7.6 and 9.0 t/ha, the maximum yield reached 15.4 and 18.1 t/ha.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Chobotko ◽  
L. Raychuk ◽  
I. McDonald

The aim of the article was to defi ne the role of the radioactive environment contamination in the formation of ecosystem services strategy. Methods. Monographic, systemic and structural, factor analysis, abstract and logical research methods have been used. The data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, materials of scientifi c researches, international materials and reports and other literary sources on the issues investigated have been used as an information base. Results. Retrospective analysis of sources and state of radioactive eco- systems contamination was conducted and the priority steps in developing the concept of ecosystem services in conditions of radiation contamination were found. Conclusions. The current socio-ecological paradigm of the transition from environmental use to environmental management should be refl ected in the relevant envi- ronmental management mechanisms. Currently, when assessing the state of ecosystem services in Ukraine and worldwide one must take into account the changes in food demand of residents of radioactively contaminated areas, the exploitation of radioactively safe ecosystems growth, their overload and degradation. All of this re- quires an inventory of ecosystem services by type, region, consumers, etc. and the formation of a state register of ecosystem services with a clear assignment of area of responsibility for appropriate natural ecosystems. This will help to make the economic evaluation of different ecosystem services and mechanisms of charges for ecosystem services.


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